heroe

See also: Heroe and héroe

English

Noun

heroe (plural heroes)

1. Obsolete form of hero.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [heˈroe]
• Rhymes: -oe
• Hyphenation: he‧ro‧e

Adverb

heroe

1. heroically

Related terms

• heroo
• heroa

Galician

Alternative forms

• heroi

Etymology

From Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈɾɔɪ]

Noun

heroe m (plural heroes, feminine heroína, feminine plural heroínas)

1. hero

Related terms

• heroicidade
• heroico
• heroísmo

Further reading

• “heroe” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “heroe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Latin

Noun

hērōe

1. ablative singular of hērōs

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

heroe (n class, plural heroe)

1. flamingo

   Synonym: flamingo